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Hardcover
624 pages
Fiction / Fantasy
Release Date: October 10, 2023
All purchases include the exclusive Lin Caster character artwork page overlay! Yay!
The first 14 purchases will also receive the pictured Sword Catcher bookmark
Summary:
Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of forbidden love, dangerous magic, and dark secrets that could change the world forever in the start of a riveting epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles.
“It began with a crime. The theft of a boy.”
In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, the richest of nobles and the most debauched of criminals have one thing in common: the constant search for wealth, power, and the next hedonistic thrill.
Kel is an orphan, stolen from the life he knew to become the Sword-Catcher—the body-double of a royal heir, Prince Conor Aurelian. He has been raised alongside the prince, trained in every aspect of combat and statecraft. He and Conor are close as brothers, but Kel knows he has one destiny: to die for Conor. No other future is possible.
Lin Caster is one of the Ashkar, a small community who still possess magical abilities. By law, they must live behind walls in the city, but Lin, a physician, ventures out to tend to the sick and dying of Castellane. Despite her skills, she cannot heal her best friend Mariam without access to forbidden knowledge.
After a failed assassination attempt brings Lin and Kel together, they are drawn into the web of the mysterious Ragpicker King, the criminal ruler of Castellane’s underworld. He offers them each what they want most; but as they descend into his world of intrigue and shadow, they discover a conspiracy of corruption that reaches from the darkest gutters of Castellane to the highest tower of its palaces. As long-kept secrets begin to unravel, they must ask themselves: Is knowledge worth the price of betrayal? Can forbidden love bring down a kingdom? And will Lin and Kel’s discoveries plunge their nation into war—and the world into chaos?
WHAT IS A PAGE OVERLAY?
A page overlay is a semi-transparent art print that is fitted to slip directly into the
hardcover edition of a book, giving the interior pages a special flair. These overlays
have become especially popular amongst book collectors and TikTok users. The Sword
Catcher art print will feature character artwork of one of the main characters from the
novel, Lin Caster. Note that overlays are individual page slips and are not pre-bound
into the book.